Pippa Guard

Acting

Pippa Guard

Born October 13, 1952 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (age 73)

Pippa Guard is an actress best known for her TV and stage work. Her sole film credit was the lead role in An Unsuitable Job For a Woman, the 1981 adaptation of PD James' novel. Guard now works as a lecturer and drama programme leader at the University of Greenwich.

Known For

To the LighthouseTo the Lighthouse · 1983
To the Lighthouse
5.21983
MovieTV MovieDrama
A faithful dramatization of Virginia Woolf's novel. A lecturer, his family, the spinster Aunt Lily, an old friend, and a student, Charles Tansley, spend a summer in an isolated house in Cornwall just before World War I. The stern Mr. Ramsay scolds everybody, while Mrs. Ramsay is the linchpin in keeping the family together. Aunt Lily paints, and the family talk about sailing to the lighthouse, but the trip is always postponed.
The MallensThe Mallens · 1979
The Mallens
9.01979
MovieDramaRomance
Adaptation of the Mallen series of novels by Catherine Cookson.
The TempestThe Tempest · 1980
The Tempest
7.01980
MovieFantasyDrama
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a sorm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage. to the island. Prospero contrives his revenge.
An Unsuitable Job for a WomanAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman · 1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
5.41982
MovieDramaMystery
After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. During the course of her investigation, Cordelia becomes obsessed with the young man's memory and his increasingly suspicious death.
A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream · 1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream
5.51981
MovieFantasyComedy
Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.
Daisies in DecemberDaisies in December · 1995
Daisies in December
6.21995
MovieDramaRomance
A seaside hotel for senior citizens is the setting for late-season love as costars Jean Simmons and Joss Ackland meet and make a match in this romantic human drama. Gerald's a stuffy ex-stockbroker who's been placed in the facility for his own best interest. Katherine's a warm and friendly resident with a soaring spirit and a zest for life. Their union is a transforming one, and also timely, as Katherine stands on the threshhold of a painful and very frightening battle with cancer. Poignant storytelling with a winning pair of costars.
GobbleGobble · 1997
Gobble
8.01997
MovieComedyTV Movie
As Christmas celebrations get under way, Britain is rocked by a deadly new food scare - "mad turkey disease".
The Mill on the FlossThe Mill on the Floss · 1978
The Mill on the Floss
1978
Movie
Adaptation of the George Eliot novel.

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The Flipside of Dominick HideThe Flipside of Dominick Hide · 1980
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
5.01980
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a dog, changing history and causing many future people to disappear. Inspired by his Great Aunt Mavis, Dominick decides to find his great great grandfather. He begins to land in 1980, where his strange clothes and speech make him seem an eccentric oddball. His quest brings him into contact with beautiful boutique owner Jane, and they fall in love. As Dominick's visits become more frequent and more prolonged, he increasingly risks his indiscretion being discovered by his boss, Caleb Line, and every moment he spends in the past increases the danger that he will catastrophically change the future

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Peak PracticePeak Practice · 1993
Peak Practice
6.51993
SeriesDrama
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.

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